FALLUJAH, Iraq, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Birth defects and early childhood cancers have soared in Fallujah, site of two major battles after the invasion of Iraq, doctors say. Doctors say they are unsure ...

Birth defects increasing for Iraqi parents, and researchers blame Iraq War. March 25, 2013— -- The Iraq War may be over, but the casualties continue for Iraqi couples trying to have children ...

In Fallujah, which saw two intense rounds of bombing by US air force and door to door fighting in 2004, more than half of all babies surveyed were born with a birth defect between 2007 and 2010 ...

Dr Samira Alani, who has been working as a pediatrician at Fallujah General Hospital since 1997, has registered 699 cases of birth defects in Fallujah babies since late 2009 [Dahr Jamail/Al Jazeera] ...

Since the 2003 invasion, doctors in Fallujah have been reporting a sharp rise in birth defects among the city’s children—and to this day, no one knows why. Illustration by Molly Crabapple ...

Iraqi doctors in Fallujah have complained since 2005 of being overwhelmed by the number of babies with serious birth defects, ranging from a girl born with two heads to paralysis of the lower limbs.

For example, in 2004, around 70% of Fallujah was leveled. That means no water, no electricity, no hospital, massive ... The cause of her birth defects were likely environmental and linked with ...

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And the incidence of birth defects in Iraq may be linked to burn pits and other detritus of war. FADEL: So you've been documenting intergenerational impacts on people in Iraq. What are you finding?